Avi Wolfman-Arent

During World War I, NY Ship employed upwards of 30,000 people across the river from Philadelphia.

In 1897, photographer Edwin Moore borrowed $100 and launched a company that would change bulletin boards forever.

Philadelphia was a center of the anti-slavery movement in the fledgling United States.

The first one opened on Chestnut street, eventually spawning 150 coin-operated diners across the U.S. — and a short-lived children’s show.

Carl McIntire was a conservative talk radio preacher who went toe-to-toe with the FCC.

After a federal indictment, Chuck Seidman went on to gain Donald Trump as a client.

Delaware’s John B. Wockenfuss was beloved for his quirks. The Strat-O-Matic baseball league that bears the name of this former Phillie and Detroit Tiger is a fitting tribute.

Marguerite Walz was part of a racist 1920s movement worried jazz would erode “decency” and encourage race-mixing and promiscuity.

James A. Michener, who won a Pulitzer Prize for “Tales from the South Pacific,” credited his start to a title published in 1930.

One of the era’s biggest recording powerhouses was founded in Northern Liberties.

New tapes shed light on an old story: the suspension of 32 Philly teachers during the 1950s. We explore what happened, and what it tells us about ourselves.

Frederick Taylor began experimenting with “scientific management” at Nicetown’s Midvale Steel.